Update on systemic treatment in early triple negative breast cancer

Abad, M. Nunez; Calabuig‐Fariñas, Silvia; Mena, M. Lobo de; Bremond, María José Godes Sanz de; González, Clara García; Martínez, Susana; García-García, José Ángel; González-Cruz, Vega Iranzo; Herrero, Carlos Camps

doi:10.1177/1758835920986749

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“…Despite their disagreement regarding the absolute concentrations of PD-L1 reported in TNBC, data from the previously referred clinical studies support the immunotherapy as a promising treatment approach for TNBC [ 74 ].…”

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Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) as Immunotherapy Biomarker in Breast Cancer

Abad

Calabuig

Mena

et al. 2022

Cancers

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Breast cancer constitutes the most common malignant neoplasm in women around the world. Approximately 12% of patients are diagnosed with metastatic stage, and between 5 and 30% of early or locally advanced BC patients will relapse, making it an incurable disease. PD-L1 ligation is an immune inhibitory molecule of the activation of T cells, playing a relevant role in numerous types of malignant tumors, including BC. The objective of the present review is to analyze the role of PD-L1 as a biomarker in the different BC subtypes, adding clinical trials with immune checkpoint inhibitors and their applicable results. Diverse trials using immunotherapy with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 in BC, as well as prospective or retrospective cohort studies about PD-L1 in BC, were included. Despite divergent results in the reviewed studies, PD-L1 seems to be correlated with worse prognosis in the hormone receptor positive subtype. Immune checkpoints inhibitors targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 axis have achieved great response rates in TNBC patients, especially in combination with chemotherapy, making immunotherapy a new treatment option in this scenario. However, the utility of PD-L1 as a predictive biomarker in the rest of BC subtypes remains unclear. In addition, predictive differences have been found in response to immunotherapy depending on the stage of the tumor disease. Therefore, a better understanding of tumor microenvironment, as well as identifying new potential biomarkers or combined index scores, is necessary in order to make a better selection of the subgroups of BC patients who will derive benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors.

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Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) as Immunotherapy Biomarker in Breast Cancer

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Calabuig

Mena

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“…Currently, chemotherapy remains the main option for the treatment of TNBC ( Oualla et al, 2017 ; Núñez Abad et al, 2021 ). However, conventional chemotherapies employed in the treatment of TNBC suffer from issues of poor bioavailability, poor cellular uptake, resistance to drugs, and undesirable off-site toxicities ( Bai et al, 2021 ).…”

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Synergistic Cascade Strategy Based on Modifying Tumor Microenvironment for Enhanced Breast Cancer Therapy

Zhang

Gao

et al. 2021

Front. Pharmacol.

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Background: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive subtype of breast cancer with very few treatment options. Although tumor-targeted nanomedicines hold great promise for the treatment of TNBC, the tumor microenvironment (TME) continues to be a major cause of failure in nanotherapy and immunotherapy. To overcome this barrier, we designed a new synergistic cascade strategy (SCS) that uses mild hyperthermia and smart drug delivery system (SDDS) to alter TME resistance in order to improve drug delivery and therapeutic efficacy of TNBC.Methods: Mild hyperthermia was produced by microwave (MW) irradiation. SDDS were formulated with thermosensitive polymer-lipid nanoparticles (HA-BNPs@Ptx), composed of polymer PLGA, phospholipid DPPC, hyaluronic acid (HA, a differentiation-44-targeted molecule, also known as CD44), 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium-L-lactate (BML, a MW sensitizer), and paclitaxel (Ptx, chemotherapy drug). 4T1 breast tumor-bearing mice were treated with two-step MW combined with HA-BNPs@Ptx. Tumors in mice were pretreated with first MW irradiation prior to nanoparticle injection to modify and promote TME and promoting nanoparticle uptake and retention. The second MW irradiation was performed on the tumor 24 h after the injection of HA-BNPs@Ptx to produce a synergistic cascade effect through activating BML, thus, enhancing a hyperthermia effect, and instantly releasing Ptx at the tumor site.Results: Multifunctional CD44-targeted nanoparticles HA-BNPs@Ptx were successfully prepared and validated in vitro. After the first MW irradiation of tumors in mice, the intratumoral perfusion increased by two times, and the nanoparticle uptake was augmented by seven times. With the second MW irradiation, remarkable antitumor effects were obtained with the inhibition rate up to 88%. In addition, immunohistochemical analysis showed that SCS therapy could not only promote tumor cell apoptosis but also significantly reduce lung metastasis.Conclusion: The SCS using mild hyperthermia combined with SDDS can significantly improve the efficacy of TNBC treatment in mice by modifying TME and hyperthermia-mediated EPR effects.

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“…Despite a high initial response to chemotherapy (CT), TNBC quickly develops resistance mechanisms. The relative 5-year survival rate for localised TNBC is 91%, for locally advanced it is 65% and for metastatic it is 11% [ 5 ]. As therapeutic options are limited, there is an urgent need for new treatment strategies [ 6 ].…”

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MFUM-BrTNBC-1, a Newly Established Patient-Derived Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cell Line: Molecular Characterisation, Genetic Stability, and Comprehensive Comparison with Commercial Breast Cancer Cell Lines

Skok

Gradišnik

Čelešnik

et al. 2021

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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a breast cancer (BC) subtype that accounts for approximately 15–20% of all BC cases. Cancer cell lines (CLs) provide an efficient way to model the disease. We have recently isolated a patient-derived triple-negative BC CL MFUM-BrTNBC-1 and performed a detailed morphological and molecular characterisation and a comprehensive comparison with three commercial BC CLs (MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-453). Light and fluorescence microscopy were used for morphological studies; immunocytochemical staining for hormone receptor, p53 and Ki67 status; RNA sequencing, qRT-PCR and STR analysis for molecular characterisation; and biomedical image analysis for comparative phenotypical analysis. The patient tissue-derived MFUM-BrTNBC-1 maintained the primary triple-negative receptor status. STR analysis showed a stable and unique STR profile up to the 6th passage. MFUM-BrTNBC-1 expressed EMT transition markers and displayed changes in several cancer-related pathways (MAPK, Wnt and PI3K signalling; nucleotide excision repair; and SWI/SNF chromatin remodelling). Morphologically, MFUM-BrTNBC-1 differed from the commercial TNBC CL MDA-MB-231. The advantages of MFUM-BrTNBC-1 are its isolation from a primary tumour, rather than a metastatic site; good growth characteristics; phenotype identical to primary tissue; complete records of origin; a unique identifier; complete, unique STR profile; quantifiable morphological properties; and genetic stability up to (at least) the 6th passage.

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Update on systemic treatment in early triple negative breast cancer

Cited by 25 publications

References 88 publications

Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) as Immunotherapy Biomarker in Breast Cancer

Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) as Immunotherapy Biomarker in Breast Cancer

Synergistic Cascade Strategy Based on Modifying Tumor Microenvironment for Enhanced Breast Cancer Therapy

MFUM-BrTNBC-1, a Newly Established Patient-Derived Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cell Line: Molecular Characterisation, Genetic Stability, and Comprehensive Comparison with Commercial Breast Cancer Cell Lines

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